I'd like to ask the experts whether this can be done. A lot of people may want to install DOS under 98. Of course, one method is to install the full installation edition of msdos710. On this point, wengier mentioned:
It is impossible for MS-DOS 7.10 and Win98 to achieve dual booting like MS-DOS 7.10 with WinNT/2K/XP/DOS6, because Win98 is a GUI program under DOS, so under MS-DOS 7.10 you can just enter it with the WIN command.
When this MS-DOS 7.10 installer detects that Win9x already exists in the system, doesn't it show the following message:
Setup has found that Windows 9x(95-98SE) might be already
installed on your system. Setup can setup the Win9x path
automatically for you so that you can enter Win9x GUI
easier by typing WIN from MS-DOS 7.10 command line.
That means after installation you can directly start Win9x from the DOS command line with the WIN command!
But generally, unless something is wrong with the system, who would want it to boot straight into DOS every time, and then have to type win every time just to get into 98? My earlier idea was, if it could be made like the "Super Universal MS-DOS 7.10 Boot Disk," which has a function like this:
18 - Graphical file management (Graphics File Manager included)
========================================================
The boot disk comes with the Volkov Commander (VC) file manager, a very powerful, practical, and well-known file
management tool, with a graphical interface and full support for long filenames.
After the system boots, it will automatically ask whether to start VC, showing the following message:
Press ENTER in 2 seconds if you want to start Volkov Commander..
If you press Enter within 2 seconds it will automatically start VC 4.99; otherwise it will not start it automatically, but you can still
manually start it at any time later from the command line with the VC command.
Could a similar program be written, but doing exactly the opposite? That is, after the system boots it would automatically ask whether to start Win98 (could this be done with a batch file that includes the win command?). If you press Enter (or any key) within 2 seconds, it goes to the DOS command line; otherwise it automatically runs the batch command with win in it.
Later I thought, this would only be usable in 98, and other people might not like it. Also, maybe it isn't as simple as I imagined. A few days later I thought of another way:
When you hold down the ctrl key or F8 key at startup, doesn't a boot menu appear for you to choose from? If it were possible to make a program and somehow add another option there, so that the msdos7.1 made by wengier could be started from there. Or change one of the options to msdos7.1, that is, replace the original DOS with it. Wouldn't that be more convenient?
Finally, I want to ask whether the msdos710 full installation edition made by wengier has an uninstaller. I think that's very necessary. In other words, after uninstalling it, things can be restored to their previous state.
I hope everyone can give me some opinions after reading this, thanks!
It is impossible for MS-DOS 7.10 and Win98 to achieve dual booting like MS-DOS 7.10 with WinNT/2K/XP/DOS6, because Win98 is a GUI program under DOS, so under MS-DOS 7.10 you can just enter it with the WIN command.
When this MS-DOS 7.10 installer detects that Win9x already exists in the system, doesn't it show the following message:
Setup has found that Windows 9x(95-98SE) might be already
installed on your system. Setup can setup the Win9x path
automatically for you so that you can enter Win9x GUI
easier by typing WIN from MS-DOS 7.10 command line.
That means after installation you can directly start Win9x from the DOS command line with the WIN command!
But generally, unless something is wrong with the system, who would want it to boot straight into DOS every time, and then have to type win every time just to get into 98? My earlier idea was, if it could be made like the "Super Universal MS-DOS 7.10 Boot Disk," which has a function like this:
18 - Graphical file management (Graphics File Manager included)
========================================================
The boot disk comes with the Volkov Commander (VC) file manager, a very powerful, practical, and well-known file
management tool, with a graphical interface and full support for long filenames.
After the system boots, it will automatically ask whether to start VC, showing the following message:
Press ENTER in 2 seconds if you want to start Volkov Commander..
If you press Enter within 2 seconds it will automatically start VC 4.99; otherwise it will not start it automatically, but you can still
manually start it at any time later from the command line with the VC command.
Could a similar program be written, but doing exactly the opposite? That is, after the system boots it would automatically ask whether to start Win98 (could this be done with a batch file that includes the win command?). If you press Enter (or any key) within 2 seconds, it goes to the DOS command line; otherwise it automatically runs the batch command with win in it.
Later I thought, this would only be usable in 98, and other people might not like it. Also, maybe it isn't as simple as I imagined. A few days later I thought of another way:
When you hold down the ctrl key or F8 key at startup, doesn't a boot menu appear for you to choose from? If it were possible to make a program and somehow add another option there, so that the msdos7.1 made by wengier could be started from there. Or change one of the options to msdos7.1, that is, replace the original DOS with it. Wouldn't that be more convenient?
Finally, I want to ask whether the msdos710 full installation edition made by wengier has an uninstaller. I think that's very necessary. In other words, after uninstalling it, things can be restored to their previous state.
I hope everyone can give me some opinions after reading this, thanks!
